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.DUMPING APPABATUS. NO. 527,119. .P-aten'ted Oct. 9, 1894.

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DUM PING APPARA US.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 527,119, dated October 9, 1894.

i Application filed J'anuary7, 1894. Serial No. 497.204. (No model.)

To all fihom it may concern.

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, connty of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improve- Inents in Dump ing Apparatus for Railway- Cars, of which the following is a specification.`

This invention relates to an apparatus for receiving and unloading railway cars, and

IO consists of a rolling cylindrical frame, 'having on one side a platform with tracks to receive the cars, provided with a roof and spout, and means for rolling said'cylindrical frame for carrying the loaded car over and discharg- I5 ing its load into a chute at'the opposite side of said cylindrical frame.

This invention colnprises the new construct ions and combinations of mechanisms Substantially as hereinafter described, and

pointed out in the Claims.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an end elevation of my new apparatus, having a car in place for dumping, the dotted lines showing the position of the car When dumping.

one of the car holding devices. Fig. 3 is a detached view of a portion of the sllifting track construction. Fig.4 is a detached view of one of the track casters.

0 elevation of the cylindrical frame which carries the car, showing the arrangement of the Wheels upon which said frame rolls.

A, Figs. 1 and 5 represent large rings constructed of angle iron principally. Six of 3 5 these Wheels are shown in Fig. 5 and they are joined by horizontal bars B, which constitute a large cylindrical frame.

C C are car Wheels and D D the aXles the same' as those used in car trucks. They are journaled in the bearings E E, monnted on pil lar blocks standing on the timbers of a dock.

The rings A are arranged in pairs, and each pair rides on Wheels and aXles arranged in pairs to support them. The forward pairs of 5 Wheels C are located near the center of gravity of the oylindrical frame, and the rear pairs C' are located much farther from the center of gravity, the object of which is to enable the rotating of the frame easier, by reason of the' advantage derived from increased leverage over the' forward Wheels, requiring less power l for rotating them. In front of the Wheel C is to forma support fora car.

Fig. 2 is a detached view of' Sheet 2, Fig. 5 is a front also provided a third set of Wheels 0 to be in an emergency, such as when the frame is rotated and its load is on top and'passes over the center of gravity, the frame might tilt forward, and fall upon these'wheels and be supported pon them, and thus avoid any danger of the frame falling forward against the trestle frame and chute. This cylindrical frame is made to rotate bodily on said Wheels by means of cables F F attached to the end rings and passing down and running under sheaves f f attached to the dock, running from then'ce to a suitable engine. v

G are I-beams secured to the rings A', eX- tending back therefrom a suitable distance T They are fixed at a slight incline from the level of the dock, and their outer ends rest on blocks Or beams 'b'on the dock. H`are similar I beams attached in like manner to the rings A, also ex'tending back, and have their Outer ends supported by posts K rising from the beams G. These i beams comprise an annex to the cylindrical frame for carrying the car over with it when the same is rotated. The track rails J J upon which the car stands, are provided with casters L L'which run on the lower flanges'of the beams G and the said track rails are tied together with cross rods M M, thus constituting a low truck on which the car rests. The object of this Will be fully explained farther on. N is a roof or covering secured by screws or other suitable means to the underside of the beams H, partly covering the car, and N' is a spout next to the rings A, through which load of the car is discharged when the car and its holder are carried up and over into position seen in dotted lines, Fig. 1. 0 A means for clamping and holding the car down Onto its track consists of double posts P made of channel iron, between Which are provided moving heads p having'a hook qfor catching onto the top edge of the car box. 5 Said. headp is Operated by means of a link p' connecting it with a lever Q fulcrumed to the beam G and extending between the two parts of the post. The outer end Of the leveris held downby bar or 'post p having holes for a pin. Ioo The other side of the car is held down 'bv hooks and levers R.

S is a counter-balance weight attached to the cylindrical frame on the opposite side to that of the car, and may consist of box to contain rock, ore, or any other material to balance the Weight of the loaded car, for the purpose of easing the rotations of the frame, and lessening the amount of power necessary to operate the apparatus.

T T are trestle posts located at the ends of the cylindrical frame, between which the said frame revolves; they are spanned at the top by a Cross beam 1 U are posts in front of said trestle posts T which support a hinged chute V, the lower end of Which is supported and is drawn up by guy ropes W passing up over pulleys a: on the top of the trestle frame.

The operations of this apparatus are as followsz-The loaded car is run on the track rails J, the hooks R and (1 caught on to the top of the car box; now the power may be applied and the cylindrical frame rotated, which carries the car up and over on its top into the position seen in dotted lines, Which brings the spout N' over and lying on the upper end of chute V, discharging the load into said chute.

The object of providing the moving rail truck on Which the car stands, is to allow the car to move toward the cylindrical frame for support upon the frame When carried over. When the car is returned to its first position, the rail truck moves away from the frame by reason of the inclined position of the beams G, and rests against stop-blocks y. Another object of this, too, is to allow of a free entrance of the car, and avoid its running close to the cylindrical frame and striking against the posts or hooks.

Having described my invention, I claim:-

1. In a d u mping apparatus for railway cars, a cylindrical frame composed of rngs A, longitudinal bars uniting said rings, Wheels C fixed on aXles D journaled on pillar blocks E, on the dock and said Wheels arranged in pairs, the forward pairs O located nearer the center of gravi ty than the rear pairs C', and the third emergency pairs of Wheels 0 beams G and H attached to said rings A and extending outward, and joined at their ends by posts K roof Or cover N and spout N', and a car track, hooks R and P, q, for holding the car, and means for rotating the cylindrical frame, in coinbination substantially as described.

2. In a dumping apparatus the colnbination with the beams G and the cylindrical frame, of the track truck consisting of the rails J J Cross rods M and casters L secured t-o rails J J and adapted to run on the lower fiange of the beams, substantially as described.

TIMOTHY LONG.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, JOHN C. TALOOTT. 

